Improvement in pen-and-pencil cases



UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M.V CLARK, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO EPHRAJM S.JOHNSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEN-AND-PENCIL CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,434, dated August29, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. CLARK, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented and made an Improvement inPen-and-Peneil Cases; and the following is declared to be a correctdescription thereof.

The object of this invention is to provide a lead-holder or magazine ina portion of the case heretofore valueless, and in so doing to preventthe case being lengthened for the introduction' of such magazine.

In the drawing, Figure l is a longitudinal section4 ofthe pen-holder andcase, with the pencil partially drawn out; and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionat the line x x.

In constructing pen-and-pencil cases of this general character, it hasheretofore been usual to provide an exterior tube, a, and an interiortube, b, within which tube b the pencil-case c and pencil d have beenintroduced, the pencil drawing out at one end, and the pen beingprojected at the other. These features are retained in my case. Thepen-holder i is connected to a segment, o, between the case a and tubeb, and occupies one side ofthe case in a portion partitioned oi' by thelongitudinal strips or wires s, and on the other side of the case is themagazine for leads. The wires s form the sides of the magazine., and thescrew-collar u, at the end of the tube b, forms a cover to close the endof this magazine.

In place of the wires s strips of metal may be employed, either formedupon or attached to the tube b; or to the inside of the case a.

I am aware that pencil-cases have been made with small tubes for holdingleads introduced between one cylinder and the other, and covered attheir ends by a screw-collar, as seen in Letters Patent No. 67,558. Thisarrangement, however, did not provide for the introduction of apen-holder and slide, as in my improvement.

I claim as my invention- The pen-and-pencil case made with the tube band case a, between which are the longitudinal strips s separating thespace into a magazine for leads and a receptacle for the penslide, asset forth.

Signed by me this Sth day of May, A. D. 1871. Witnesses: J. M. CLARK.

GIIAs. H. SMITH, GEO. T. PINCKNEY.

